Gate.



PATENT-ED OCT. 2, 1906. A. S. GIST 6; J. A. MQGAULEY.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2a, 1906.

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ALBERT S. GIST AND JOSHUAA. MOCAULEY, OF -ELDRIDGE, ARKANSAS.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed July 28,1906. Serial No. 328,207.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT S. GIsT and J OSHUA A. MoCAULEY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Eldridge, in the county of Howard andState of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to gates.

The object of the invention is to provide a strong, simple, durable,inexpensive, and thoroughly efficient gate having improved bracing meansadapted to permit the free end of the gate to be easily and quicklylifted and held in adjusted position whenever such ac tion becomesnecessary either through the sagging of the free end of the gate orthrough the necessity of raising the gate to pass over some obstruction,such as snow or the like.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of the following claim without departing from the spirit of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a side elevation of a gate constructed in accordance with theinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts in both figuresof the drawings.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates the hinge-post, and 2 the front post,of the gate. These parts may be of any suitable form and construction.

The improved gate of this invention, which is indicated generally by thereference-letter A, is connected with the hinge-post 1 by means ofhinges 3 and comprises a set of transverse bars consisting of thehinge-bar 4, the intermediate bar 5, and the front bar 6. The improvedgate in addition to the set of transverse bars 4, 5, and 6 also includesa set of longitudinal bars consisting of the bottom bar 7, intermediatebar 8, and the top bar 9. The set of longitudinal bars 7, 8, and 9 ispivotally connected in any suitable manner with the set of transversebars 4, 5, and 6, as

indicated at 10, the pivot-points preferably consisting of ordinarybolts. As shown in the drawings, the set and 6 preferably is made up ofparallel pairs of bars fitted against opposite sides of the set oflongitudinal bars 7, 8, and 9.- As will be apparent to those skilled inthe art, the obj ect in view in pivotally connecting the sets oftransverse and longitudinal bars is to permit parallelogrammaticmovement between the sa1nethat is, to permit the front end of the gatetobe raised in a vertical direction and suitably held in raised position,as will hereinafter appear, when such operation is necessary either onaccount of the sagging of the front end of the gate or to permit thegate to be moved over obstructions or to allow the passage of smallanimals under the gate. The space between the longitudinal bars 7, 8,and 9 is partly filled by means of longitudinal flexible elements 11,consisting, preferably, of wires which are secured by staples or otherdevices 12 upon the set of transverse bars 4, 5, and 6. The use of theflexible elements 11 for filling in the framework of the gateconstitutes a peculiar improvement of the present invention, theadvantage resulting from their use being that their flexible nature willpermit them to yield to the parallelogrammatic movements of the gate,for which reason the use of pivotal connections between them and thetransverse bars is unnecessary. In other words, it is only necessary tosecure the wires 11 in place by staples, and they will readily bend andpermit the up and down movements of the gate, whereas if ri idlongitudinal bars were employed it would be necessary to use bolts orother devices for pivotally connecting them with the transverse bars.

The means for holding the gate in adjusted position consists of a set ofbrace-bars 14 and 15, which are mounted in pairs on opposite sides ofthe set of longitudinal bars 7, 8, and 9 and are pivotally connectedbetween their ends with the intermediate longitudinal bar 8, asindicated at 16. Mounted between the ends of each pair of brace-bars 14and 15 is a top clamping-bar 17 and a bottom clampingbar 18. The top andbottom clamping-bars are pivotally connected with the upper and lowerends of the brace-bars 14 and 15, as indicated at 19. The topclamping-bar 17 is adapted to bear against the top longitudinal oftransverse bars 4, 5,.

bar 9, and the bottom clamping-bar 18 is adapted to bear against thebottom longitudinal bar 7. The clamping-bars 1'7 and 18 are formed withhalfnotches 20, adaptedto proper position upon the gate. Whenever' it isnecessary to elevate the forward end of the gate for any reason and tohold it in such" elevated position, the front end lof-ithe gate isgrasped and lifted, after whichthe-top clamping-bar 17 is pushed towardthe transverse hinge-bar 4 until it rests fiat against the top.longitudinal bar:9.- The bolt 21 is then fitted into the recess formedby one of the sets of half-notches 20, so that the clamping-bars 17 and18, through the action of the brace-bars 14 and 15; serve to hold thegate securely in adjusted position.

In its combination and arrangement of parts and in its detailsof'construction the gate of this invention constitutesanimprovementoverzprior devices intended fora-similar-purpose.

abottom clamping-bar pivotally connected with the lower ends of thebrace-bars and adapted to bearagainst .the bottom longitudinal bar.

In testimony thatwe claim the foregoing as-ourown we have hereto affixedour signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT; S.v GIST. JOSHUA ,A.. MoCAULEY. Witnesses:

F. M. PrTTs, E. O. MOGAULEY;

